The following classifications will conform to the foregoing views, describing as “armored ships” only those which have sufficient side-armor to protect them from being sunk or capsized by the fire of guns all the time the armor remains unpierced: BRITISH SHIPS OF WAR, BUILT AND BUILDING. ARMORED SHIPS WITH THICK ARMOR. +---------------+----------+----------+--------+-----------+---------+ | | | | | Maximum | | | | Tons |Indicated | Speed, | Thickness | Largest | |NAME OF SHIP | Displace-| Horse- | in | of Armor, | Guns, | | | ment. | power. | Knots. | in Inches.| in Tons.| +---------------+----------+----------+--------+-----------+---------+ |Alexandra | 9,490 | 8,610 | 15 | 12 | 25 | |Belleisle | 4,830 | 3,200 | 12¼ | 12 | 25 | |Conqueror | 5,200 | 4,500 | 15 | 12 | 43 | |Devastation | 9,330 | 6,650 | 13¾ | 12 | 35 | |Dreadnought | 10,820 | 8,200 | 14½ | 14 | 38 | |Hero | 6,200 | 4,500 | 15 | 12 | 43 | |Inflexible[10] | 11,400 | 8,000 | 14 | 24 | 80 | |Neptune | 9,170 | 9,000 | 14½ | 12 | 38 | |Orion | 4,830 | 3,900 | 13 | 12 | 25 | |Rupert | 5,440 | 4,630 | 13½ | 12 | 18 | |Superb | 9,100 | 7,430 | 14 | 12 | 18 | |Thunderer | 9,330 | 6,270 | 13½ | 12 | 38 | |Glatton[11] | 4,910 | 2,870 | 12 | 12 | 25 | +---------------+----------+----------+--------+-----------+---------+ ARMORED SHIPS WITH MEDIUM ARMOR. +---------------+----------+----------+--------+-----------+---------+ | | | | | Maximum | | | | Tons |Indicated | Speed, | Thickness | Largest | |NAME OF SHIP | Displace-| Horse- | in | of Armor, | Guns, | | | ment. | power. | Knots. | in Inches.| in Tons.| +---------------+----------+----------+--------+-----------+---------+ |Hercules | 8,680 | 8,530 | 14¾ | 9 | 18 | |Hotspur | 4,010 | 3,500 | 12¾ | 11 | 25 | |Sultan | 9,290 | 8,630 | 14 | 9 | 18 | |Téméraire | 8,540 | 7,700 | 14½ | 11 | 25 | +---------------+----------+----------+--------+-----------+---------+ ARMORED SHIPS WITH THIN ARMOR.[12]